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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2008 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Canada Goose Branta canadensis	LC	passage (1995)	100,000 birds	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage (1995)	50,000-99,999 birds	A4iii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1997	Grant's Lake Wildlife Management Area	Wildlife Management Area (IV)	25

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	-	Arable land
Forest	-	Temperate deciduous
Grassland	-	Steppe & dry calcareous
Shrubland	-	Scrub
Wetlands (inland)	-	Freshwater marshes & swamps

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
hunting	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Grant's Lake WMA (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/grants-lake-wma-iba-canada on 22/12/2024.